flatten
verb (used with object)
to make flat.
are flattening
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present progressiveof flatten.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Regarding artificial intelligence, Slok notes that adoption rates are flattening out and that, outside of this tech subsector, U.S. corporate capital expenditures are not growing at all.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025
Income growth and consumer spending, which surged last year thanks to giant government transfer payments, are flattening out.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2021
Even if cases are flattening, relaxing curbs is inadvisable given hospital occupancy and death rates remain high, they say.
From Reuters ● Jul. 23, 2021
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 are flattening across the state after rising to alarming levels as recently as two weeks ago, according to hospital leaders and the most recent data available.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2021
The musical results of bad breathing are flattening and a hurrying of the time; hence the importance of the matter.
From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by John Spencer Curwen
